The 'Hollow-Body'
Handstand alignment drills
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THE WHAT:
A foundational bodyweight strength exercise which develops transferable understanding and conditioning of the fundamental "hollow-body" position. This characteristically globally-concaved structure is fundamental in that it produces maximal TENSION in the body, radiating from the inside (the "core", if you will), out to the extremities.
This means that, regardless of the body's orientation in space (inverted, suspended, or prone), any manipulation of the arms (i.e. straight or bent-arm pushing or pulling) will transfer DIRECTLY into moving the structure (i.e. your body) in space.
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